[♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: nobody panic. nobody panic. >> awe! >> stephanie: okay. [ screaming ] >> stephanie: we're having a little preshow broadcast news -- >> i love when you say, you just sat down and i never believed it, and now that i'm here -- [ laughter ] >> stephanie: jim says it's the panic room, because i'm dating jody foster. okay. how is it going? >> great.

>> stephanie: i was just on her . . . set. >> i hear she has a nice set. >> stephanie: that rumor is long gone. i'm just trying to pathetically prop it up. david crosby hello. >> i hope he doesn't mind my references to turkey basters. >> stephanie: stop it. >> jacki schechner not in the current news center, but right there. >> we have 6 million homes without power, long lines at gas stations, and president obama is staying on top of all of the storm recovery efforts but facing the reality that we have an election.

>> stephanie: i think his surrogates like chris christie are doing a good job. >> right. as if his plate is not full enough, the president is going to stay in touch with fema. last week, big endorsement from colin powell, now the obama campaign is using the four-star general in an ad airing in ten states. oh -- >> housing is starting to pick up. the president saved the auto industry, and the actions he has taken with respect to protecting us -- >> we'll get it together. also the october jobs report expected to come out tomorrow and it is going to do so on time. the government was shut down for a couple of days because of

sandy, but unemployment rate should stay around 7.8%. we'll be right back. only time you can get to a polling place. make sure that voting is your highest priority on election day. besides, you can always dvr my show. you really cant' dvr the future to help you make informed decisions, watch current tv's politically direct lineup. only on current tv. so vote and vote smart.

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let the making begin [♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: oh, look. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: this is a cluster [ censor bleep ] of epic proportions. we got to get it together by david crosby gets here. jim, go. >> oh. have you traveled the last open

road? go to the last open road.com. >> stephanie: nobody touch me. i'm still feeling a little sick. i'm just going to put makeup right here where i have been blowing my snotty nose all night. >> oh. >> stephanie: we have a huge line up, dade including david crosby. >> and ben mckenzie. >> stephanie: right here in our house. [♪ circus music ♪] >> a very, very fine house. >> i don't think there's any more room in the house. >> stephanie: no cats in the yard. >> we have four cats in the yard. >> stephanie: god, it's no wonder i'm sick. is it too early to whine with

everybody that's going on on the east coast. >> it depends. >> ah, yeah. >> stephanie: sexy liberal, our donations are going to the red cross. >> you're not sending a bus ala mitt romney. >> stephanie: no we're not going to drop canned goods on people. really mittens? and then we find out they bought the stuff. >> and if people didn't have something, they would hand it to them. >> stephanie: that's what i mean. here take your prop. >> the polls are starting -- >> stephanie: yeah, the polls are really starting to reflect

this. you know how i tease stuff on the air because i'm a radio professional, and then i forget -- >> and during a commercial break in hour three, you said i didn't tell the story and then you didn't -- >> stephanie: yeah and then i went home. >> broadcast doesn't mix with booze and dope. >> stephanie: i was mixing wine with my dog's medicine. i'm on antibiotics, now, i should be fine. okay. so -- >> i knew i should have bought that hat. >> stephanie: not only did i get strep throat in new york because there was an outbreak also -- so i left my wallet on the plane -- >> oh, great. >> stephanie: yes, because i was tired and i had to buy food back

in coach -- >> in steerage. >> stephanie: right. and earth wind and fire were on the plane in first class, so if the plane crashed i would have gotten third billing. and of course i would never say what airline, i'll just say it was an american one -- [♪ dramatic music ♪] [ laughter ] >> stephanie: i called immediately lost and found, and i'm like oh my god, i'm sure they found it -- you have been trying to get cash off of your credit card -- [♪ dramatic music ♪] >> stephanie: just saying a particular flight 19 from new york to l.a. on sunday they might want to check who cleans

the plane on that particular airline. >> how did you take your wallet out -- >> stephanie: i told you. >> to buy food. >> she wouldn't know about that because she doesn't fly coach -- >> i don't eat. >> stephanie: why am i in captain america's underpants. >> your special guest flew back in first class. rob reiner. >> stephanie: yeah. i'm back sick and i realized i had no food no money, no indication. so i had to call friends -- >> did you siphon some gas out of boy band's truck?

[ laughter ] >> that might cure you. swallow a little gasoline. >> stephanie: yes, so see, that's why i'm in touch with the -- you know, 99%, because i was a hobo for several days. >> have you gotten all of that resolved. >> well, i canceled my credit card. >> have you gotten a replacement one? >> yes. >> well, then you are fine. >> stephanie: oh, what a week. however, i was saying with everything going on on the east coast i probably shouldn't whine. >> maybe sure they aren't using your debit card -- [♪ dramatic music ♪] >> don't you have to have the pin? >> they can figure it out. >> now is the time to change it from one, two, three, four. >> shhh that's mine. >> stephanie: all right.

now it's time for -- ♪ karl ♪ ♪ frisch ♪ >> stephanie: i'm sweating like mitt romney looking at the ohio polls. karl frisch good morning, sir. >> i wasn't sure if you were going to get to me until after you had the technology of atm machines explained to you. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: i'm going to say this in a really loving way screw you frisch. >> and didn't you lose your wallet on the plane once before who happened to be found by a friend who passed it to another friend who brought it to you. >> stephanie: i think it was just my driver's license -- any way, karl what is your point? >> i made it back from new york

with bronchitis. i am laying here -- i don't have a cone on my head though. >> like dexter. >> stephanie: and you have a giant set let me just say. >> that's how i figured i would go blue and show them at the beacon theater, but if i have anything, i have class. >> stephanie: you were a fabulous opener for us. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> stephanie: you say if you thought romney was a bigger conservative during the gop debates, what do you think he would be like with a gop congress. [♪ dramatic music ♪] >> stephanie: ahhhhh. you are absolutely right. >> 9/11 in 2001 was election day in new york city and los angeles. you have to take every opportunity, when your state or

locality says would you like to register permanently to vote by mail, you know what give us the joy of voting in one of those custody old booths just to make sure your vote will be counted. >> stephanie: yep. by the way i heard somebody say yesterday, it's amazing that -- not the storm is the october surprise but chris christie. right? this is fairly extraordinary isn't it? the keynote speaker for the rnc -- >> i don't know if you have been reading all of the tweets from his loyal admirers his name is persona non grata. it's been funny everybody is saying, this is all about 2016 yeah, if you are trying to take

the huntsman approach to 2016. this is just good politics. >> stephanie: exactly. i'm rearing the story, hurricane sandy is throwing mitt romney under the bus. he put his situation ahead of his constituents. >> yeah. you have that on our side and then on the republican side you have mitt romney collecting rice crispies for people -- i don't know if you read the statement that red cross put out, after it reluctantly collected all of the stuff he purchased in ohio but it basically said something along the lines of we thank the romney campaign with all of the crap they gave us. if you would like to help us

like the obama campaign please second money. >> stephanie: yeah it's the one time he can't do the republican destruction thing because this is a real emergency. >> that's what mitt romney's friends at the daily caller are working on doing for them is getting the politics back on schedule here. >> stephanie: right. let's dive into the right-wing world. charles hurt. >> the one part of the economy that the president has sort of out toed is the massive bailout of the auto industry and if you listen to the ad of romney in ohio, it almost sounds like president obama is running for president of the auto industry as opposed to president of the united states. >> what? >> stephanie: hum. >> that is analysis from a washington times reporter. >> stephanie: wow. >> in fairness if mitt romney

were elected he would be trumpeting one specific sector too, but the female body inspectors would be all up in your grill trying to determine if you are pregnant. >> stephanie: the president is up, what five karl -- >> two of three polls that came out yesterday, he is up five and the other one he is up three. and that's why you see mitt romney going into pennsylvania minnesota, and michigan. if he was secure in his thinking he could make it to 270, we would be in ohio -- >> stephanie: the other thing i look sat my yahoo thing, and the president was at 303 electoral, romney was at 100-something.

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too. >> stephanie: uh-huh. karl frisch in the side car, we continue the right-wing world. it's an episode of wishful horrible things. tucker carlson. >> in general natural disasters have a capacity to hurt for example, katrina, than to help, or blame any candidates themselves. there are a number of people who have been blaming this on the global warming. this probably hurts obama a little bit in that it adds to the general feeling that things are amiss in america. the one swing state most affected by this storm, pennsylvania, and if there's one place you could see the effect of hurting the voter turnout, it would be virginia.

>> stephanie: why. >> i have been waiting for him to go through puberty for 15 years. it is telling how off his analysis is just looking at the polls that have come out about the president's handling of this. 90% of the american people say he is doing a good job. in terms of climate change he named a few politicians -- % >> stephanie: and obama didn't say i'm going to lower the level of the oceans as you recall. it is unbelievable. >> no, al gore said the president should have said that, and that's what the goal should be. any politician who uses that as a punch line should be punched in the nose. >> stephanie: exactly. bernard goldberg. >> do you think a number of reporters are sort of wishing at

some level that the hurricane had not hit blue states like new york and new jersey like ohio -- i mean direct hit. i'm saying this only half tongue and cheek, but i'm thinking more than a few of them wish it would have hit there, because that might help president obama look presidential -- >> stephanie: he is gross. >> he is an idiot. >> stephanie: i mean really. >> that's who bill o'reilly turns to. >> stephanie: uh-huh. >> do you think that maybe just a few might possibly believe? i mean, do you think that maybe just a few fox news pundits might be off their rockers? [ laughter ] >> i mean it doesn't matter where this hurricane hit. it doesn't matter whatever

politics the right-wing tries to asubscribe to it or how bonkers they have gone what matters is that the president is doing his job, and those things have helped him in the states. >> stephanie: thank you. i love how he said it tends to hurt the incouple bapt like treenia. here is dana. [ overlapping speakers ] >> you and al gore -- >> it didn't cause the hurricane. put that in your lockbox because it is not true. >> nobody said this caused the hurricane what scientists have said the warmer ocean has given the chance to have stronger hurricanes with bigger impact. >> stephanie: yes, thank you. >> nasa what do they know?

>> stephanie: since they didn't cover it in the debate mother nature brought it up. and rush limbaugh -- wait a minute. >> i really haven't heard a whole lot about this being related to global warming. the whole thing has been proven to be a hoax. >> no. no. >> yeah speaking of hoax. thank you rush limbaugh. i always hate to use him as a pallet cleanser. stephanie just because you have david crosby on, it is not appropriate just because you are a lesbian to ask him for a child. >> stephanie: thank you, karl frisch. we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ vote on november 6th but just as importantly to take the time to learn about each candidate's stance on the issues that matter

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♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> cut the crap it won't wash here. >> stephanie: too bad. it is the "stephanie miller show." thirty-four minutes after the hour. jim we have one tidbit left in right-wing world. who is always the most wrong pundit ever? think. dick morris. >> you are standing by your prediction of a romney

landslide? >> absolutely. romney will win this election by five to ten points and will carry more than 300 electoral votes. >> you know, morris i have you booked from one week from tonight. >> but is my appearance going to be before or after you buy me dinner. [ applause ] >> stephanie: oh, boy. you can read that in my book. this race will be between hilary and condy. >> how much will it cost? >> stephanie: kids we have turnout to worry about. ben jealous joining us now. good morning, ben. >> good morning. good morning. clearly the polls are looking good, but you can't say it enough, turnout, turnout,

turnout, and ground game right? >> yeah, this year folks really have to turn out, and really if you will, find that reason deep inside them. and what we say at the naacp is look if somebody thinks your vote is important enough to try to steal it away from you or suppress it that should be validation enough that you have to show up and vote. >> stephanie: yeah ben, obviously a lot of our listeners -- the right-wing has been screaming voter are fraud. >> yes, and it is confounding. they managed to get people in a tizzy about this notion of voter voter -- my favorite is governor

haley who earlier this year got front page that 900 dead people had voted. and then like page 23 three weeks later was governor actually no dead people voted, because they were dead. >> stephanie: yeah, there's that. >> and so it's absolutely -- you know, mind boggling that they have been able to pass laws on this lie. but when a law isn't created to solve a problem, it is created to be a problem, and that's why we have gotten so many governors to veto these things. but what we're most worried about now are the dirty tricks that come out. we have seen robo calls going out in spanish, telling people to vote on the 8th not the 6th.

>> stephanie: and you can vote by phone. >> exactly. >> stephanie: you would think if they are so confident they wouldn't have to resort to this. >> yeah, we saw the chairman of the republican party four or five years ago, say we can win without voter suppression, without vouter fraud and we can win on our ids. and that should be the motto. you do have people like governor snyder in michigan bob mcdonald in virginia who have taken great political risk but you have got a party that in too many places have been overrun by extremists who are willing to do whatever they can to win, and that's not what this country is about. >> stephanie: ben, i'm looking at the story in wisconsin, the romney watchers have been

trained to mislead voters. they confirm that the materials they are using in training are misleading. for instance convicted felons are ineligible to vote in wisconsin, and that's not true. >> yeah it's suspicious especially coming from a campaign in virginia that tried to have 16,000 voter registrations thrown out, simply because they feared that people might vote for the other guy. it's one thing to contest votes, it is one thing to contest voters, it's something else to contest voter registration. and that hyper[ inaudible ] of the process is just something we

have to back off of. we have to get back into a place where everybody in this country should have the right to vote and voting is a right, not a privilege. >> stephanie: exactly, ben. and i think it's telling, particularly in this wisconsin case, they instructed their poll watchers not to disclose any affiliation with the campaign. they were told to list themselves as concerned citizens. >> yeah, that's -- look that's -- that's highly suspect, highly suspicious certainly deserving of a full investigation, and if it is found to be intentional, then somebody needs to go to jail. >> stephanie: and ben, reassure my listeners, because it seems like the obama administration has pretty much been all over this. obviously we have won at the courthouse in pretty much every state, in this wisconsin one,

they wrote there are certainly concerns under wisconsin law, take all necessary steps to protect the rights of our voters. it seems like the obama team is really on the ball on this am i right? >> yes, [ inaudible ] has done a great job of frankly rebuilding a function that had been almost completely decimated by the bush administration, but we have seen since 2000 secretaries of state across the country, hyperpartism, and engaging in behavior that is anti-democratic, and goes against the spirit and the express purpose of their positions. >> stephanie: yeah. ben, absolutely, too many people

have died for this right. do not let them take away your right to vote. tell people where they can go to find out the rights in their state. >> folks can go to naacp.org and text v-o-t-e to 6227 and get it that way. and you are so right. and that's one of the things that makes me most proud of our folks in florida. fully over 125,000 votes were in florida, and that's -- you got to recall we started this year with sheriff brooke threatening to throw our people in jail because the office [ inaudible ] was turned in more than 48 hours

after they took it out. and our people remember six years about the naacp president was blown up on christmas eve while leading a massive voter drive. >> stephanie: ben, thank you for that, and thank you for your great work at the naacp. we also have gottavote.org. >> yes. >> stephanie: thank you ben. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> stephanie: i think this is from move on -- right, jacki? >> and o'reilly railed against this last night. >> stephanie: we posted it because the visual is even

funnier -- >> turn the little minks mic on. >> is this how you get rid of me -- what in what do you want from me? is this the ad you sent me yesterday. >> stephanie: yes. >> from what i have been able to confirm, yes. >> i was born in 1950 during world war i. my first vote was in 1940 for franklin d roosevelt, and i have not missed an election since. and i want the republican party to know, your voter suppression throughout this beautiful country enables romney to oust barack obama we will burn this mother [ censor bleep ] down. >> i have four generations of

family on this earth. and my life has been very blessed. and if the republicans steal this election i'm going to track down mitt romney and give him the biggest [ censor bleep ] punch. >> i served in world war ii and i have a message for kids democrats, for anyone who cares about honest elections, if you let the republicans do this to you again, after we die, we're going to look down on you from heaven and make a point of watching you have sex every time. [ laughter ] >> no matter how kinky. >> especially if we are related. the only way to stop the gop from stealing the election is to make sure it isn't even close.

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♪ la, la la dee, la la dee, la la da ♪ >> la dee da! >> stephanie: oh, dear. this song has made a few people snap. >> probably. >> stephanie: fifty minutes after the hour. jim, did you see mitt romney flip flopped -- [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> what. >> stephanie: of course i didn't say fema should be cut. of course not. [♪ mysterious music ♪] . >> it's your imaginations. [ mocking laughter ] . >> of course i didn't say that, of course not. >> stephanie: i have always been for fully funding fema.

>> of course we are. >> of course. >> stephanie: kevin in orange county, you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi, kevin. >> hey, gang. two things i'll make them quick. with the chris christie thing, i have malice of forethought that he is doing this with any kind of cynical thoughts but i do think now if and when he does criticize obama in the future it is going hit hard -- >> stephanie: yeah, but that will be tough for him to do before the election -- >> caller: i don't think it is going to happen before the election at all. i'm saying in the next couple of years, if he criticizes obama, because now he has everybody thinking this guy tells the truth -- >> stephanie: right. i think he fact that it took him

what, chris, twenty-five minutes to mention mitt romney during his campaign speech if you thought the look on ann romney's face was bad during the convention, think what it must look like now. >> caller: yeah, i just think a consequence of what is going on now, is that if he does criticize him in the next couple of years then it is going to hit a lot harder than it would have if this didn't happen. >> stephanie: yeah we'll see. it is interesting this is the headline this morning -- hurricane sandy is chris christie throwing mitt romney under the bus.

chris christie has heaped obama's handling of the storm for three straight days. romney has a christie problem and a obama problem. there they are, president obama and chris christie were touring new jersey together. and it honestly looked authentic too. >> obama: what i can promise you is the federal government will be working as closely as possible with the state and local officials, and we will not quit until this is done. >> oh, conservatives hate hearing that. >> ah! >> stephanie: didn't that one headline say it all, bush's fema director says obama reacted too quickly. >> you are doing it too quickly. not enough people have died yet. >> stephanie: even the picture of them on marine one shows you

the resources of the federal government in terms of assessing the damage quickly. the fact that he gave them the number at the white house directly. yeah, this has not been like one or two comments he said i cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern and passion. oh, how much do they hate the c word. >> obama: we will follow up to make sure you get all of the help you need until you have rebuilt. >> stephanie: he said he discussed all of the specific problems with the president, i'm pleased to report he strung in to action immediately to get those things. >> obama: governor christie throughout this process has been responsive. he has been aggressive in making sure that the state got out in front of this incredible storm, and i think the people of new

jersey recognize that he has put his heart and soul into making sure the people in new jersey bounce back even stronger than before. so i just want to thank him for his extrordanaire leadership and partnership. >> ahhhhh! >> i can't imagine what is going on in the romney camp. >> stephanie: no. and they don't know how to respond. kevin madden or whatever his name is -- even they realize that they are in the middle of a national disaster. chris christie. >> i discussed all of those issues today with the president, and i'm pleased to report he has sprung into action immediately while we were riding in the car together. so i want to thank him for that. i think is our sixth conversation since the weekend. >> ahhhhh!

cooperation! ah! >> that's another c word they hate, cooperation. >> stephanie: yeah he has been up against this solid wall of obstructionism that's why i keep saying get him people he can work with, like chris christie. governor christie. >> we have a great working relationship to make sure we're doing the jobs that people elected us to do cannot think the president enough for his compassion and concern. >> stephanie: i can just imagine rush limbaugh sputtering -- >> oh! socialist! commie! god! oxycontin! >> stephanie: romney was back campaigning with the very

appealing reince prebus. >> stephanie: thank you. kevin madden was asked by reporters whether he agreed with christie whether obama was doing a good job, and he said -- i believe the response is still going on, so i'm not in a position to qualify the response by the federal government i believe it is still ongoing. you are hoping he screws up later. >> i'm waiting for him to screw up, and then i'll comment. but right now it's on going, and going on and going on -- >> stephanie: i need to get going now, because this is awkward. i'm going to ski daddel. governor tomorrow night. she is awesome. we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller show."

[♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: oh jacki schechner, we can all -- can't we all just -- we can relate to men exaggerating size. this is now you know -- >> i don't know where this is going -- >> when have you been able to relate to that? >> stephanie: the romney campaign has exaggerated the size of an event with an altered image. they had this photo shopped. it was pasted together on photo shop to make it look well-attended.

>> it's all smoke and mirrors all of this mitt mittdom. >> stephanie: right. >> you have to see the photo shop picture, because the sign says mitt romney they add several letters. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: they are not even good at photo shop. >> no. >> what is left if you can't fake it well? [ laughter ] >> we knew this was likely to be the most expensive election season ever. the numbers ares and on the initialling. the total price tag $6 billion. the presidential election alone accounts for at least $2.6 billion which would be a little bit less than 2008 a total of $2.8 billion spent four years ago, but then talk a about house and senate candidates $1.2 billion, house spending up senate spending down a little

bit, and then $970 million by outside groups like super pacs and non-profits. it's all estimated math but that's where the estimate is right now, and what is important to keep in mind is the hundreds of millions of dollars we don't know about because there are groups like cross road's and the chamber of commerce which said they are doing issue advocacy work and don't have to report how much they are spending. there is are super pac in missouri just dropped $800,000 on aed for todd akin even though they claim he isn't that first choice. >> you don't have to agree with everything he says but you can be sure that akin will vote for romney's policies. >> it's called the now or never pac, and they want voters to choose todd akin so romney will

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polling -- [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: it's all good news for the president. abc news washington poll 78% -- that's almost 80 jim -- >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: see president obama's response positively. romney is rated positively to his response to the hurricane by 44%. negatively by 21%. 35% expressing no opinion. the federal government's response is rated 73% positive. the ratings are far higher than the government's for george w. bush after hurricane katrina. really?

he is rated positively on the issue by 63% of republicans, nearly as many conservatives, 73% as liberals, [ inaudible ] that is, again almost 80%, jim. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: the president has reached 50% nationally. and then jacki covered some of the state-by-state wisconsin eight point lead michigan -- yadda, yadda yadda. the point is many people are fired up now. ♪ ♪ forward, forward, forward ♪ ♪ we must move forward ♪ ♪ they have no reason, reason but we have the perfect plan we

must move forward and vote for the best man ♪ ♪ go barack go barack we're all fired up ♪ ♪ go barack barack barack ♪ ♪ hey forward, forward, forward ♪ >> woo-hoo! >> stephanie: andra in minneapolis. we have representative gary peters. good morning, congressman. >> good morning. >> stephanie: i know you worked closely with the are the on the auto rescue right? >> absolutely. it has been a great success as you know. >> stephanie: did you do a spit take when you saw the romney ad --

>> oh, it was unbelievable and what he is trying to do now. it just shows desperation from romney. first was during the debate when he tried to take credit for the auto rescue, after saying detroit should go bankrupt and then he tried to take credit for the rescue now he is changing gears and trying to make up even more facts and jobs going overseas. this is an act of desperation, and i think certainly the people here in the state of michigan know the president did a courageous thing and it has been very successful. >> stephanie: clearly the people of michigan had the good taste to elect you and the romney camp was saying we're going to be competitive in michigan and a new ppp poll shows obama

leading 53-45 correct? >> yes, it looks like the president is getting momentum once again. >> stephanie: not only is this a flat-out lie but insults the intelligence of people in places like michigan doesn't it? >> it certainly does. we're talking about hundreds of thousands of jobs that have been created as a result of the rescue, and the center for automotive research has claimed and documented that over a million jobs were saved as a result of that rescue and for mr. romney to put out ads about jobs going to china, when you have general motors coming out with a statement, you may have seen their statement that said, basically -- this is a quote -- clearly entered some parallel universe during these last few days so the companies

are just outraged by these comments. >> stephanie: yeah. representative he went on to say no amount of campaign politics at its cynical worse will -- [ inaudible ]. have you ever seen car companies get into the middle of a campaign like this, but i feel like they almost have to. >> yeah, they have to. they want to stay out of partisan politics but they can't allow these -- these lies to go forward, particularly when they are so outrageous, and as they say, politics in the most cynical form which is unfortunate there someone who is running for-president. this goes to the very character of the individual. >> stephanie: thank you. that is the word there. they said their comments don't refute anything in oured a -- here we go again, it is carefully in the narrowest

sense, after romney outright misstated that jeep was considering shipping jobs to china, which first of all is fear mongering. and they only jeep was looking at expanding in china, but it is completely unrelated to their domestic work force. so obviously the innuendo behind the ads is clear, and nothing could be farther from the truth, right? >> absolutely. and it's clear billions of dollars being invested in those facilities, and thousands of jobs being created here in michigan and thousands of jobs were saved across the united states because of that. these are good paying middle class jobs and once again the president did a bold thing.

i was in the middle of all of that. it was a very ugly and scary time, and the president made a decision that was not very popular, and he did it because he believed in the american workers and in that investment and it has paid off, and we can't get mr. romney to say this was a success. >> stephanie: will mitt romney's grossly misleading jeep to china ad help him win? you would hope that people are not that stupid? >> oh absolutely. and that's why the auto companies came out with these statements. so certainly i have faith in the american people, and certainly folks in the midwest who have been through that very rough time and know where we are today. they are not going to be swayed

by this. you have to call it out very aggressively as the auto companies have and other people. including newspapers saying this is just outrageous. >> stephanie: well, good for them. good for them. fine, fine products coming out of michigan not just jeeps, but debbie stabenow and rent gary peters. [ applause ] >> >> stephanie: thank you. >> thank you. >> stephanie: how about this headline? several newspapers in ohio said

the claims show that romney is flailing in ohio. and now there is a new radio version in the exact same spot. keep going mittens. keep going. why don't you drop some more unneeded canned goods on people. somebody is saying if we can muddy the issue enough it might make all of the difference -- you know but obviously people have different opinions on it. the "washington post" said it's startling that romney thinks people will believe this stuff. "mother jones" even saying we won't know until election day i would like to believe that people are smarter than this. i can't believe he is doubling down. like the representative was saying since when do auto companies get into politics --

>> right. >> stephanie: excuse me. jeanie in tennessee. >> caller: hi, steph. i love your show. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: i think you are awesome. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: i live new york i have a sister in new jersey, and yesterday when i heard governor romney cleaning up those messes and what is going on out there, how hard it was for him and some of his buddies to clean up a football field in college, it made me sick. >> stephanie: i remember one time i cleaned up paper products on a football field. he is so weird. >> caller: yeah. the fact that he says this stuff is scary enough, but the fact that people listen and hold up signs, yay, go romney, is horrifying to me. >> stephanie: yeah. and people have lost their

houses and their loved ones in some cases -- >> caller: yeah. >> stephanie: and he talks about paper products. >> he equates people who are beneath his status with garbage. >> stephanie: yeah. i once had to clear a football field of paper products. >> i don't see him writing a check either. >> stephanie: hello, sexy liberal wrote a check. >> i did the red cross text thing. i did that. thank you. >> nine, nine nine! >> stephanie: even with what i pay you? anyone can contribute -- >> i had to hunt through your couch cushions to come up with the money. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: eightteen minutes

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here. you know how "the young turks" have the news room behind them. >> stephanie: can you get me a long stick do i can poke here -- what ya doing? >> working. i don't have producers that do work for me. >> stephanie: oh. either do i. [ laughter ] >> i do have help. that's not true. lisa ferguson who does the news cut ins on bill press. she is fabulous and wonderful, and i love her dearly. >> stephanie: of course. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> now she is writing evil -- >> stephanie: now she is writing all of the wrong news for you to read. >> a bunch of four-letter words. >> i love you lisa.

>> is sarah palin a game changer? [ laughter ] >> stephanie: yeah, we were saying she is getting very very thin. i think irrelevancy is very taxing on the body. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: president obama's lead has expanded to eight points in wisconsin. >> of course it hasn't. >> stephanie: yeah, it has. mitt romney trailed in three new polls in virginia, florida, and ohio. i think as we have said along with the ohio results the wisconsin poll presents a dim picture from romney's past. [ wah wah ] >> stephanie: many more people have been taking a very quick look at obama's first term. >> election day is just around the corner there's no time to waste. there are only nanny sections to

let people know what president obama has done for the countries. the first bill he signed was the lilly ledbetter restoration act. and 3.1 million more young adults have insurance, and seniors that were in the doughnut hole now have help. we have wall street reform student loan reform you can get some major bang for your buck when it comes to college. he expanded the post gi bill because if you are fighting for your country, you should not have to come home and fight for a job. we all know what hand to osama bin laden. talk about building an economy where everybody has shoot at success, and he saved more than

a million jobs in the auto industry. he developed fuel efficiencies that will clean our skies, and save families at the pump and families will save an extra thousand dollars for families to spending on whatever. start by visiting barack obama.com. if this is what this guy can do in four years, imagine what he can do in twice the time. >> wow. >> stephanie: it's fast-talking guy. >> yeah, but i drop cans of soup on your head. of course i do. >> stephanie: we posted that on facebook -- >> we did. >> stephanie: all right. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: there are so many polls, so many times. quinnipiac, ohio at 60 romney

at 45. hey, gender gap, hello. >> chicks. >> stephanie: chicks dig obama. 56% to 39%. obama also enjoyed a wide advantage among virginia women. he leads 49 to 47. florida obama is just one point ahead of romney. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: i heard debbie wasserman schultz say he is going to win florida. >> what about the koch brothers? >> stephanie: different guys. twenty-nine minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ la, la, la, la, la, la ♪

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♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> i can be a real serious bitch if i don't get what i want. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: yaw. it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome to it. >> this is news? >> stephanie: thirty-four minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. we have been saying turn out turn out, turn out. >> yep. >> stephanie: thank god there are people working on getting out the vote including people like ben mckenzie. good morning, ben. >> good morning. >> stephanie: you have a very sultry voice ben. >> i'm sorry.

that's my went out and had fun for halloween voice. >> stephanie: you went to the university of virginia, right? >> i did. i graduated in e-con, and foreign affairs, one of the things i do is telling college students when i was in college in 2000, i was so cynical and apathetic that i didn't even vote, and i was poly-si major and i didn't vote. >> stephanie: so you are speaking as a former slacker to the kids. >> exactly. so i'm approaching from perhaps a relatable -- >> [ inaudible ]. >> exactly. i'm from texas originally so i feel doubly ashamed. [ laughter ] >> so it really is i think something they can relate to. i know that times are tough

and, you know, they are potentially entering the job market, and things are difficult, but what i have been impressed by is that these young people -- it sounds so strange calling them young people, these young people actually have a sense of history, and understand that obama didn't create the recession, he obviously inherited it. and they are very fired up and ask very interesting and intelligent questions, and i have been really inspired. >> stephanie: ben, that is the moment you realize you are an old person when you use the phrase, young people. >> yes. >> stephanie: it seems like the media's only story line is they want a horse race. and that was one of the means -- latinos aren't going to vote. 87% of hispanics plan to vote

this year. what is your sense of as you put it, the young people? >> the hope and optimism of 2008 has hardened into resolve, which is really deeply deeply felt and expressed very passionately it's hard to quantify numbers, but from what i'm seeing, and when you look at the early-voting numbers in these battleground states i was in nevada and those early voting numbers are really good. so i would -- i think numbers don't lie, and you have got to look at the turnout so far. >> stephanie: i haven't north carolina. do you know -- what are the latest numbers you have heard? >> it just seems like you know, african american students, they

are discouraged, they are not going to turn out, blah blah blah. well, so far they have been turning out and turning out in huge numbers. north carolina was exceedingly close in 2008 so look it is going to be tough, but it certainly isn't this -- it's interesting. the pundits write off certain states, i think in part to make it a horse race. >> stephanie: yeah, sure. >> romney has north carolina so we can give that to his total, and how close can we make this, but the truth is you know, the only thing we can really say is it is incumbent upon every citizen to express their viewpoint by voting and participating, and the numbers will be what they will be. >> stephanie: ben, in the state where you went to school virginia, the president is again, very close, but -- up two

points. chris christie not the only republican governor bob mcdonald has been praising the president as well. he described obama as direct and personal in his approach to this disaster adding that the part anship has gone out the window it says a lot about the president, and makes me feel good as an american that people have the right focus. and these are people who have been top surrogates for romney. >> right. right. and i will say that is the silver lining in the horrible tragedy, is you have both sides really working together and very closely, and we don't have to throw stones either way. we can just celebrate that. unfortunately it has taken this to create that but both sides are working together seemingly very well and hopefully the folks on the east coast will get

some relief. >> stephanie: we have had other obama surrogates on, and why are our surrogates so much hotter than theirs including you. >> i was about to say i will take myself out of that, and just appreciate their hotness -- >> stephanie: and we will put you right back in. >> yes, what i think we're missing is an actual statistical breakdown of our surrogate hotness. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: it's a landslide. ben, we can't say it enough get out and vote, we have your website posted. any other tips for us? >> no, you have to understand

your local election rules. in many, many states obviously early voting has been going on for a long time. and get out there. many states have same-day registration. so even if you realize that you can't vote, because you screwed up, you can still make phone calls and knock on doors, so just get motivated and get out here and do something. >> stephanie: next time you are out here in the oc would you like to come in studio for us? >> you got it. absolutely. >> stephanie: thanks ben, and thanks for your work on the campaign trail. >> thanks a lot. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: i did that for you jacki schechner. >> i said i would be happy to share my chair with him. >> stephanie: just skuch over. yes, jim? >> i was just saying if people are still freaked out about the

polls there is a great article about political polling is no longer meaningful. when you receive an unexpected number from a 1-800-number, do you answer the phone? most of us don't. and the 9% of us who answer the phone are perfectly representative of the 89% of us -- >> stephanie: i don't answer the phone, because i had very unfortunate yeast and -- >> oh, my god. you just opened -- >> stephanie: my former choice -- >> leave the house. >> oh, my god. >> crazy in the head. [ sighs ] >> stephanie: jacki? >> yes love. >> stephanie: did you hear about

the latest rapy republican? >> oh boy. >> stephanie: john costar running for congressman in washington state, the rape thing -- he called it the rape thing, twice. did not justify a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy. incest is so well, but the rape thing, i knew a woman who carried the child and then gave it up for abortion, but the rape thing -- >> it's artificial rape flavor. >> it's a little rapish. >> stephanie: how is putting more violence on to a woman's body and taking the life of an innocent child -- how does that make it better? >> how many republican men and how many women have commented on

this -- what is your tally? >> like seven to zero. >> stephanie: it's a big bag of shhhh. guess who is ahead -- [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> who? >> stephanie: tammy baldwin is up 47-43. >> wow. >> stephanie: so you are messing with the wrong honey badgers. [ applause ] >> stephanie: that's all i'm saying. let's go to ronda in texas. >> caller: hi, stephanie. >> stephanie: hi. >> caller: how are you guys doing this morning? >> stephanie: good, go ahead. >> caller: i just wanted to let you guys know a couple of nights ago one of the local tv broadcasts, one of the big three had a very brief ten-second story about a billboard that is

in the predominantly black areas of dallas, and it reads -- and i believe i'm quoting it martin luther king, jr. was republican. vote republican. >> stephanie: hum. >> caller: i don't know if he was. >> well, he might have been when the republican party was a party for civil rights. >> exactly. >> caller: exactly. exactly, so they are trying to even pull something from 40, 50 years ago, to make up for what they don't have now. >> yeah. >> stephanie: david crosby of crosby stills and gnash -- >> what? >> stephanie: right? coming up on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show."

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in trouble. >> do you know how many bouquets of flowers i have to buy her now. are you aware of all of the maybing up i'm going to have to be -- >> stephanie: see now that you are with us you have a lot more time to get yourself in trouble. >> and she does a wonderful way of getting sounds on tape. >> yeah, lisa in fabulous in so many ways. [♪ magic wand ♪] >> stephanie: girl, girls. don't fight, you are both pretty and wildly competent. >> she has such a great personality. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: i offend her several times a day. >> i don't take offense to any of it now. >> stephanie: mittens -- >> speaking of offensive people.

>> stephanie: do you think news organizations have a template that says romney flip flops on -- and they just fill it in. >> right. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: romney flip flops on fema. during republican primaries he said he would abolish fema taking it back to the states was the right direction, privatizing even better. really? you have to figure out a profit margin in an emergency. >> what a maroon! [ laughter ] >> stephanie: after repeatedly ignoring people's questions about that topic for how many days, he now says i believe fema plays a key role in responding to disasters. as president i will

ensure -- ensure -- [♪ mysterious music ♪] >> stephanie: i have always been for fema. the chief of staff says romney's position mirrors that of george w. bush. fema can do -- >> ah, my fema. >> stephanie: no not femur fema. >> oh, okay. >> stephanie: however, we were saying this yesterday -- letting the states run it would be a good idea, unless you are mitt romney. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: the headline mitt romney was slow to respond to disasters in his own state. when disaster struck massachusetts, he was missing in action -- >> he was at the state level. >> stephanie: yes, and he was mostly gone and then he would never respond. >> robert rice's most recent

blog romney's lies let's not put liars in the white house. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: guess what he might have brought us while he was governor. >> ebola. >> stephanie: no meningitis. it is linked to a massachusetts company that the romney administration failed to regulate. isn't that something? it can be traced to mitt romney administration for not adequately regulating the company responsible for the meningitis outbreak. can i have a side of chlamydia? thanks. >> stephanie: the new england

compounding company, a reprimand was withdrawn by the romney administration in deference to the business interests. [ applause ] >> stephanie: thanks mittens. >> nicely done. >> of course i let them die, of course i did. >> stephanie: i have always been against meningitis. mittens back on the campaign trail. >> romney: we're going through trauma in major parts of the country, and it's interesting to see how people come together. >> stephanie: and i'm really enjoying the collaboration between president obama and chris christie. [ mocking laughter ] >> of course not. >> stephanie: really bad timing for me. >> romney: please make sure that you go out and vote early, if you have a dollar extra second

it to the red cross. >> stephanie: a dollar. really i love you, i appreciate it and we're going to win. >> stephanie: wow, you have a lot of dollars. why don't you send some dollars instead of dente stew. >> romney: i believe this is the year for us to take a different course. i will bring real change and real bad reform. >> stephanie: i can't send any dollars, i'm too busy clearing paper products. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: wow, this is just not a good news week for mittens, is it? >> no. >> and of all of the weeks for it to be a not good news week for mitt.

>> stephanie: yeah. yeah. i'm reading he will be charged by the uaw -- with violating the federal ethics law by concealing his multi-billion dollars -- >> of course, i did. >> stephanie: they will file a formal complaint saying that governor romney hit a profit of $15 million to $115 million in ann romney's so-called blind trust. >> ann romney: stop it. >> stephanie: that's going to look bad. while romney was opposing the rescue he was building his fortunes making his fortunes of the misfort -- misfort shuns.

>> if you elect there will no longer be any ethics in go. >> ann romney: stop it. >> stephanie: rebecca in georgia. >> caller: hi, stephanie. i'm calling -- you said i was from georgia, i'm actually on i-25 -- >> stephanie: okay. you have 20 seconds, go ahead. >> caller: i was calling about the [ inaudible ] >> stephanie: oh, boy. honey, sorry. bad phone. but she is on i-95 -- >> that was the important part. >> stephanie: there you go. fifty-eight minutes after the hour. back with david crosby as we continue on the "stephanie miller show." "stephanie miller show."

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